The Head of Analytics (Data Modelling) will work alongside the Head of Analytics (Business Intelligence) to lead the Trust’s analytics, data science, and reporting functions, ensuring delivery of high-quality, timely, and actionable intelligence to support operational performance, strategic planning, quality improvement, and clinical decision-making.

The postholder will act as the Trust’s senior expert on all aspects of data modelling, championing a data-driven culture, modernising analytical methodologies, and ensuring compliance with all national reporting and regulatory requirements.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of data models to support operational, clinical, financial, and performance reporting across the Trust.
• Establish, implement, and maintain data modelling standards, frameworks, and best practices, ensuring consistency, scalability, data quality, and sustainability of analytical solutions.
• Be accountable for the delivery of high-quality analytical datasets and semantic layers that enable self-service business intelligence, advanced analytics, and data science across the organisation.
• Provide technical leadership and specialist advice on data structures, modelling techniques, and analytics architecture, acting as a source of expert guidance to analysts, data scientists, and senior stakeholders.
• Work in partnership with clinical, operational, and corporate teams to translate business requirements into robust, fit-for-purpose data models that support decision-making and service improvement.
• Ensure that data governance requirements, national information standards, and NHS data definitions are embedded within all data models and reporting outputs.
• Lead, mentor, and develop analytics staff, building organisational capability in data modelling and supporting improvements in data literacy across the analytics function.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in data modelling, including the adoption of modern analytical tools, platforms, and methods in line with Trust and NHS strategic objectives.